Interacting with Media Player

[sinsi]

What I would like to do is:
  Start playing a playlist in Media Player
  Minimise it
  Have a way (from any prog of mine) of previous/next song

I am thinking FindWindow to get Media Player's hwnd and using SendMessage to send
a keystroke. The trouble is how do I send ctrl-b or ctrl-f? For that matter, how can I send
a window a key?

I don't want to have to go into the Media Player SDK for such a simple(?) thing... ::)

[ragdog]

hi

What are you after? the send apis to play,stop,back...???

[sinsi]

G'day ragdog, all I want is back/forward...that's it, since it's on repeat. Is there an API for it?

[ragdog]

use this http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/wmp_pinvoke.asp
:U

[ragdog]

18808 play
18809 stop
18810 back
18811 forward

[sinsi]

ragdog, that link seems perfect, bewdy mate!  :U

[a bit later]Just saw your latest post, adds to my understanding (and the value of the link). Champion!  :clap:

[ragdog]

:bg
if your project finsish post the program? :bg

[sinsi]

heh heh if it ever gets beyond the "it works on my machine" stage  :bg

[ragdog]

not the source the exe

[ragdog]

i have self written with winamp :U

[sinsi]

Here is some quick, dirty and drunk code...but it works on my machine  :bg which is xp home sp2 and mp11 beta.
This is just to see if it works, obviously a slicker gui would help  :bdg

Edit: added the exe to the zip

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[ragdog]

 :bg thsi work on my maschine :bdg

here is my source

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[sinsi]

This is the most brilliant thing, sending a menu-click to a window...
You, ragdog, are a BLOODY LEGEND.

Now, I'll put an app on a timer and use GetAsyncKeyState to control it (just like a game trainer (oops! shh)).

[ragdog]

hi sinsi :toothy

this work´s too with GetAsyncKeyState! :8)

have you powerdvd commands?

best regards
ragdog

[sinsi]

Old topic, but new info: the same code works in win7beta/mp12 (although fast-forward has changed) but if I run a game as admin (old games, fair enough but new *vista* compatible games? cmon) the keys don't work...unless I run my program as admin too. I've seen stuff about raising privileges via the good old manifest, anyone got one that actually works?

ETA: lay off the beer, sinsi. Topic: Run Elevated
The sad thing is that I posted in that thread...